Incumbent
/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Incumbent
noun
adjective
- Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
"Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust."
- Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
- Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
- Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.
- Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.
"the incumbent toe of a bird"
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